caa a22 4500 475846958 CHVBK 20180406123917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008993821253 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008993821253 The health-related quality of life of patients with epilepsy compared with angina pectoris, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [Elektronische Daten] [Knut Stavem, Morten Lossius, Tore Kvien, Bjørn Guldvog] The objective of this study was to compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with epilepsy with populations suffering from different chronic diseases, using the short form 36 (SF-36) health profile measure. The populations to be compared were adult patients drawn from hospital based registers, with confirmed epilepsy (n = 397), angina pectoris (n = 785), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 1030), asthma (n = 117) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n = 221). Health-related quality of life scores were compared using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for predicting mean scores adjusted for age, gender, education and comorbidity. Patients with epilepsy on average scored highest on all scales, reflecting that in our sample the majority had well-controlled epilepsy. Our results indicate that the HRQL of a representative sample of patients with epilepsy is good, when compared with other chronic disorders, although reduced in several dimensions compared with a general reference population. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and COPD scored lowest on the physical function scales, while rheumatoid arthritis patients reported most pain. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Asthma nationallicence Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease nationallicence Epilepsy nationallicence Health-related quality of life nationallicence Health status nationallicence Ischemic coronary disease nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Rheumatoid arthritis nationallicence Stavem Knut Foundation for Health Services Research, HELTEF, Norway aut Lossius Morten Department of Neurology, Central Hospital of Akershus, Nordbyhagen, Norway aut Kvien Tore Oslo City Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway aut Guldvog Bjørn Foundation for Health Services Research, HELTEF, Norway aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/7(2000-07-01), 865-871 0962-9343 9:7<865 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008993821253 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008993821253 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stavem Knut Foundation for Health Services Research, HELTEF, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lossius Morten Department of Neurology, Central Hospital of Akershus, Nordbyhagen, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kvien Tore Oslo City Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guldvog Bjørn Foundation for Health Services Research, HELTEF, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/7(2000-07-01), 865-871 0962-9343 9:7<865 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer